Carol Martin (athlete)

Medal record
Women's discus throw
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
	1966 Kingston	discus
	1970 Edinburgh	discus
	1974 Christchurch	discus
Pan-American Games
	1967 Winnipeg	discus
	1971 Cali	discus
Pacific Conference Games
	1969 Tokyo	discus
	1973 Toronto	discus

Carol Lynne Martin (born 1948) is a former track-and-field athlete in discus, shot put and javelin.^[1] She represented Canada at the Commonwealth Games in 1966, 1970 and 1974, on each occasion winning the bronze medal for women's discus throw.^[2] She also represented Canada at the Pan-American Games, earning the silver medal for discus in 1967 and the bronze in 1971.^[3] Martin competed in discus at the Pacific Conference Games, winning silver in 1969 and gold in 1973.^[4] Martin competed on Canada's national track and field team for 10 years and held the Canadian women's title in discus for seven years.^{[5][better source needed]}

Martin trained at the Don Mills Track Club in Toronto, Ontario, where she was coached by Lloyd Percival, an early adopter of interval training and massage.^[6]

In the early 1970s she enrolled at Simon Fraser University, helping to bring attention to the underfunded women's athletics programs there.^[7] She returned to Toronto and completed her B.A. at York University in 1975.^[5]

Following her athletic career, Martin coached and taught fitness classes, and became a registered massage therapist (RMT) in 1982. She became associated with the International Network of Esoteric Healing, and after 25 years of practise published Breathe: An Enlightened Living Hand Book in 2014.^[5]

• Martin, Carol (2014). Breathe: An Enlightened Living Hand Book. CreateSpace Publishing. ISBN 9781497531727.^[5]